GREAT BRITAIN: Here They Come!

Drab, Socialist and hard-pressed
Britain badly needed a flash of color, a majestic reminder of past
glory. Last week it got one. The pageantry lasted for only a few hours;
the worries, the austerity would remain.

Princess at the Window. For the first time since 1938, Parliament was
opened with full-dress ceremonial. Red robes trimmed with white fur,
cutaways, top hats and striped trousers were taken out of mothballs or
rented at high prices. The Household Cavalry who would escort the royal
coach got ready to don their plumed helmets and breastplates, white...